Omawë
Yanomami · demigod · mythic · Recorded classification
Culture-hero of the Omawë and Yoawë twin cycle; with his brother he obtains water and cultivated plants and shapes Yanomami life. Humanity descends from the survivors of the great flood in the Omawë myth. (Omawë is sometimes identified with the demiurge Omama.)
Domains
- culture hero twins
- water rivers origin
Powers
- Win water and cultivated plants from the monster's daughter
Relations
- sibling: Yoawë (twin culture-hero, brother of Omawë) · YanomamiThe Omawë/Yoawë twin cycle.Wilbert & Simoneau, Folk Literature of the Yanomami (1990) (secondary)
- twin sibling: YoaweReciprocal of yanomami_yoawe.twin sibling (alphabetical family sweep). (auto reciprocal)
Sources
- existence: Wilbert & Simoneau, Folk Literature of the Yanomami (1990) (secondary); Lizot, Yanomami ethnography (secondary)